WAC 388-450-0070 How do we count the earned income of a child?

1. For food assistance and medical programs for families, children, and pregnant women, we do not count the earnings of a child if the child is:

   1. In school;

   2. Age seventeen or younger;

   3. Not married; and

   4. Not emancipated.

2. For cash assistance, we do not count the earnings of a child if the child is: 

   1. In school; and

   2. Meets the age and attendance requirements in WAC 388-404-0005.

3. School includes:

   1. Participating in a home-school program that is approved by the superintendent of public instruction; or

   2. On break between school terms when the child:

      1. Was enrolled during the previous school term; and

      2. Plans to return to school when it reopens.

4. For medical programs, if we count the earnings of the child, we put the child in a separate MAU as described in WAC 388-408-0055.